Survival is organized, but Robida then subverts the “post-apocalyptic” narrative to introduce an unprecedented variation: the survivors realize that, after the catastrophe, an “out-of-joint” universe, in which the hands of time are now ticking in reverse, has now taken over. This atypical novel opens up, in the early stages of the twentieth century Robida now refuses to anticipate and explore, with a cataclysm that all but extinguishes every form of life on earth and gives a symbolic warning that there is something wrong in the civilized world. Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego Keywords: Robida (Albert) post-apocalyptic (genre) regressive anticipation anti-progressivism catastrophism Summary/Abstract: French writer Albert Robida, renowned for his futuristic works of fiction written in a bitter-sweet tone, somehow broke away from his usual inspiration in “The Clock of the Centuries” (published in 1902), as electric life short-circuited. Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature "The Clock of the Centuries" (1902), by Albert Robida.
“L’Horloge des siècles” (1902) d’Albert Robida.
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